@EotD
Yeah, Sunday will be both the Yaks episode and Movie Magic, both of which should help wash the taste of A Royal Problem out of my mouth if it ends up being really bad (it might not be though, we’ll see).

@Background Pony #9284
Tomorrow is Samurai Jack’s grand finale and there’s nothing better than that to raise spirits after a Starlight Glimmer episode.

I’m not going to watch a Royal Problem anyway. I can’t stomach Starlight Glimmer, so why should I give myself a bad time watching something that I already know I’ll never enjoy in the first place?
Sunday’s episode sounds fun, at least.

I’m going to enjoy the weekend episodes and EG specials. I’m watching Samurai Jack on fridays at ISAT channel, but five episodes back than adult swim. Maybe even "Royal problem" may be a lesson to Starlight from Celestia and Luna and not a massive chaos.

It’s clear she doesn’t know everything though. And so far the show hasn’t really tried to push that she DOES know everything. Since the very next episode after the premiere had her making a ridiculous mistake and Trixie needing to tell her she was being ridiculous.

I think I just don’t really put particular expectations onto the finales and premieres. I just want them to be good. I don’t care who it’s about. I don’t care if it’s high stakes or low stakes. Just give me a story I care about and I’m golden.

Like, from a writing standpoint I "get" why Starlight has been "consuming" finales and premieres. Those are generally the points where the biggest steps in changes to the status quo happen, the next big chapters in overarching plotlines. Starlight is, for better or worse, the main overarching narrative they’ve decided to focus on. Suddenly not giving her episodes would be almost weird.

@PonyPon
That’s pretty high praise, coming from you /sincere. I haven’t been paying any attention at all to the Equestria Girls side of things, so hopefully whatever happens over there won’t be too bad.